Friday, October 25, 2013

Chapter One

Respond to 2 of the 5 questions (listed below). Use no less than 3 sentences in your responses. Be thoughtful and use specific details and examples.


1- To help create setting, Ayn Rand uses color imagery. Find two examples in the chapter. What colors does the author use? What image is she trying to convey?

2- The first page of Anthem begins, “It is a sin to write this.” Using textual evidence, explain why Equality is committing a sin when he writes.

3- Why does Equality refer to himself as “we”?

4- Would you want to be friends with someone like Equality? Why or why not?

5- Ayn Rand wanted Equality 7-2521 to stand out from his brothers. Explain how she accomplished this by contrasting Equality 7-2521’s physical attributes to those of his fellow men.